ROOT خ ي م

[1] خَامَ as syn. with خَيَّمَ: see the latter. ― 2-b2- خَامَ عَنْهُ, aor. يَخِيمُ, (JK, S, K,) inf. n. خَيْمُومَةٌ (S) and خَيْمٌ and خَيَمَانٌ and خُيُومٌ and خُيومَةٌ and خِيَامٌ, (K, the last but one omitted in the CK,) He held back, or refrained, from him, or it, through cowardice, (JK, S, K,) and fear: (JK, K:) i. e., from war, (JK,) or from encounter, or conflict. (Ham p. 164.) And one says also, خَامُوا فِى القِتَالِ They held back, or refrained, through cowardice, in fight, and attained no good: and the poet Junádeh Ibn-'Ámir El-Hudhalee says, خام القِتَالَ for خام فِى القِتَالِ. (TA.) ― 2-b3- And خام also signifies He drew back, (JK, K, *) through cowardice and fear, (JK,) from a stratagem, or plot, after he had devised it, (JK, K, *) not seeing in it what he liked, or approved. (TA.) ＝ 1-A2- خام رِجْلَهُ, (S, K,) aor. as above, inf. n. خَيْمٌ, (S,) He raised his leg, or foot. (S, K.)